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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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